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| Not bottle conditioned |
Skinner's River Cottage EPA [baron rating /5] - 4% gold ale,floral tangerine smell,balanced mild wheat citrus taste,dry zesty bitter finish
Looking forward to baron rating Beavertown & By The Horns ales
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Some more lovely beers arrived this week from Ales By Mail, I'm not sponsored by them but sometimes I wonder if I should be! This is what was in the box this time:
Beavertown Brewery
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| two cans are better than one bottle? NEVER! |
- Bloody 'Ell - 7.2% blood orange IPA
- 2 Tone - 4.5% London lager, unfiltered, unpasteurised & dry-hopped for maximum flavour
- Flapper - 9% double IPA, punchy, extreme & raucous IPA. Hopped with Admiral, Cascade, Summit & Simcoe
- Vintage 2014 - 11.5% barley wine, aged on Oak. This full bodied beast has been aged for 5 months in 3 different types of whisky barrels, then blended, bottle conditioned and then aged in bottle for further 5 months. Expect notes of raisiny sweet malt and a subtle spicy smooth finish
Look out for 'baron ratings' of these beers soon, and a big thank you to Paul Kruzycki from Ales By Mail for sending these through to me!
Buy all these ales from Ales By Mail
Buy all these ales from Ales By Mail
Looking forward to baron rating Stringers Dicky Moe
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Stringers, a small brewery up in Ulverston, Cumbria, brewing amazing beers with just Jon and Becky behind the wheel. Brewing great beer, hand delivering casks & bottles, marketing, supplying Booths supermarket, and blogging too! Since my first sip of Stringers IPA I've been a massive fan, if they 'floated' on the stock market I would be a shareholder without a doubt.
Jon dropped off a couple of bottles of something rather interesting this week, a beer that ticks a number of boxes for my beer review buddy Chris, as he's a big fan of the book...
Stringers Brewery
Buy Stringers ales from Source Deli, Booths & Holborn Ales
Jon dropped off a couple of bottles of something rather interesting this week, a beer that ticks a number of boxes for my beer review buddy Chris, as he's a big fan of the book...
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| "It's meant to be hazy! Pour - swirl - pour - enjoy! |
- Dicky Moe - 6% white IPA, naturally cloudy (with yeast)
Buy Stringers ales from Source Deli, Booths & Holborn Ales
Bollington White Nancy
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| Not bottle conditioned |
Bollington White Nancy [baron rating /5] - 4.1% pale gold ale,wheat very mild lemon smell,balanced bittersweet taste,fading citrus finish
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Adnams 1659
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| Not bottle conditioned |
Adnams 1659 [baron rating /5] - 4.7% ruby ale,raisin date cherry sweet smoked smell,malty mild raisin bitter taste,watery finish
Thank you to Sarah (@Adnams) from Adnams Brewery for sending this through for a baron rating!
Buy Adnams ales direct
Buy Adnams ales direct
Moor Illusion
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| Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation |
Moor Illusion [baron rating /5] - 4.7% black ale,roasted dark choc citrus smell,unsweetened cola fresh pine choc taste,choc bitter finish
Cheshire Brewhouse Stormy Point
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| Bottle conditioned with very lively carbonation |
Cheshire Brewhouse Stormy Point [baron rating /5] - 6.7% dark amber ale,roasty fruit smell,resinous tropical fruit taste,bittersweet finish
Mobberley HedgeHopper
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| Not bottle conditioned |
Mobberley HedgeHopper [baron rating /5] - 3.8% amber ale,caramel apple smell,balanced spicy peppery apple taste,thin finish
BrewDog Jack Hammer
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| Not bottle conditioned |
BrewDog Jack Hammer [baron rating /5] - 7.2% gold ale,piney sticky tropical smell,fruity really bitter taste,long bitter pithy finish
Thank you to Paul Kruzycki from Ales By Mail for sending this through for a baron rating!
Buy BrewDog ales from Ales By Mail
Buy BrewDog ales from Ales By Mail
Odell St Lupulin
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| Not bottle conditioned |
Odell St Lupulin [baron rating /5] - 6.5% gold ale,sweetish piney hops smell,balanced resinous piney taste,bittersweet tropical finish
RedWillow Smokeless
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| Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation |
RedWillow Smokeless [baron rating /5] - 5.7% black ale,beechwood smoky smell,balanced sweetish oily choc coffee taste,smooth fading finish
Bert Whitehouse Honey
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| Bottle conditioned with yeasty cloudiness |
Bert Whitehouse Honey [baron rating /5] - 7.3% dark amber ale,honey dark brown sugar smell,balanced malty honey taste,bittersweet finish
Thank you to homebrewer 'Bert' for handing this over for a baron rating!
Adnams Dry Hopped Lager
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| Not bottle conditioned |
Adnams Dry Hopped Lager [baron rating /5] - 4.2% gold lager,tropical zingy lime smell,smooth mild satsuma taste,dry soft bitter finish
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RedWillow Shameless
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| Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation |
RedWillow Shameless [baron rating /5] - 5.9% gold ale,resinous plasticy fresh fruity smell,balanced fleshy fruits taste,pithy bitter finish
Mobberley WhirlyBird
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| Not bottle conditioned |
Mobberley WhirlyBird [baron rating /5] - 4% gold ale,toffee slight emulsion paint smell,bittersweet taste,strange fruity finish
Freigeist Abraxxxas
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| Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation |
Freigeist Abraxxxas [baron rating /5] - 6% cloudy gold ale,beechwood smoke smell,wheaty light sour orange mild clove taste,mild sour finish
Thank you to Siobhan from Beer52 for sending this through for a baron rating!
Buy Freigeist ales from Beer52
Buy Freigeist ales from Beer52
Kapuziner Kellerweizen
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| Not bottle conditioned |
Kapuziner Kellerweizen [baron rating /5] - 5.1% copper ale,sweetish creamy banana smell,lemon banana bready taste,fading balanced finish
Stringers Outlook Amber Ale
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| Not bottle conditioned |
Stringers Outlook Amber Ale [baron rating /5] - 4.9% amber ale,candied sugar smell,spicy earthy leafy caramel taste,thin mild bitter finish
Thank you to Jon & Becky (@StringersBeer) from Stringers for handing this over for a baron rating!
Buy Stringers ales from Source Deli, Booths & Holborn Ales
Buy Stringers ales from Source Deli, Booths & Holborn Ales
Bollington Dinner Ale
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| Not bottle conditioned |
Bollington Dinner Ale [baron rating /5] - 4.3% amber ale,earthy mild toffee slight apple smell,apple dried fruits taste,earthy spicy finish
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Adnams Wild Hop
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| Not bottle conditioned |
Adnams Wild Hop [baron rating /5] - 4.8% amber ale,flesh tropical mild candied smell,peach banana orange taste,unsweetened cleansing finish
Thank you to Sarah (@Adnams) from Adnams Brewery for sending this through for a baron rating!
Buy Adnams ales direct
Buy Adnams ales direct